Re: Evidence of God

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joy from Middle Tennessee State University) wrote in message 
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Crowley) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > > > Hoi!  I resent that!  I'm a Christian, and my brain has
> > > > > only half shut down.  And even that is due to age.
> > > >
> > > > Then you need to pay attention to those of us that are using
> > > > 3/4ths of their brain. You know, all we can do is laugh at
> > > > people that claim that 98% of bible prophecies have come true.
> > > 
> > > ===>Don't exaggerate.
> > > It was only 92%!
> > > Actually, the correct figure is 91.5768%,
> > > but believers are authorized to round up. -- L.
> > 
> > In my infallible Christian style, I will make a prophetic utterance.
> > 
> > I bet you can't resist replying to this prophecy.
> > 
> > Bob Crowley.
> Can you tell me where I can find a list of those bible prophecies that
> have come true? Also, does anyone know how many have not come true,
> and where they might be listed? I think this is an important issue
> when it comes to believing and having faith.

I don't know of any books that detail the prophecies one by one and
then point out their realisation.  To be honest I'm not very
interested for the reason that we don't know for certain when the OT
prophetic books were written.  In other words if a book was written
after the event it predicted, then it is a bit hypocritical to claim
it "predicted" the event.  Yet the prophet in question, who almost
certainly didn't write the book itself (with the odd exception eg.
Isaiah), may well have predicted a certain event.  The trouble is that
we cannot prove it.

The best all round book I know on this general topic of evidence for
Biblical references is Josh McDowell's "Evidence that demands a
verdict - Volume 1".  There is a Volume II, but it mainly deals with
"Biblical Criticism".  I think you would probably find it a bit
boring, unless you are inclined that way.

However I would highly recommend Volume 1 of "EVidence that demands a
verdict".  It is straight forward, and backs up its claims with cross
references where they are available.

Bob Crowley.